Validation

Validating input.

Functions

validate($type, &$value, $convert = true, $extra = null)

Validate $value according to $type. If $convert is true then $value is modified to be requested type if it is not. Usually this conversion means converting numeric strings to int or float and time based strings to DateTime.

Types supported:

• string
  • String validator is also used when $type parameter evaluates to true through empty($type)
• int ⇢ int
• float ⇢ float
• number ⇢ float
• bool
• null
• array
• object
• email
• ip
  • Both IPv4 and IPv6 are accepted
• ipv4
• ipv6
• url
  • Can be any kind of url, scheme could be ssh:// or https:// for example
• datetime ⇢ class DateTime
  • You can set default timezone by giving DateTimeZone in $extra parameter
• timestamp ⇢ class DateTime
  • You can set default timezone by giving DateTimeZone in $extra parameter
• fqdn
• fqdn-wildcard
  • Accept FQDN with wildcard at begin (FQDN starting with *.)